Diploma thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Friedrich Stuhl, Ruhr-Universität Bochum: Detection of radicals by resonance fluorescence, development of suitable light sources (in German)

1976–
1978

Doctorate in the group of Prof. Dr. Friedrich Stuhl, Ruhr-Universität Bochum:Vacuum-UV-photolysis with a hydrogen laser: Production of O(3P) and O2(b1Σg+) and investigation of the temperature dependence of their behavior on the presence of different gases (in German)

1976–
1979

Research Assistant at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in the group of Prof. Dr. Heinrich Richtering

1979–
1994

Permanent Scientific Staff member at the German Aerospace Center DLR, Stuttgart, in the group of Prof. Dr. Thomas Just; Group Leader since 1988

Habilitation in the group of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Warnatz, University of Stuttgart Laser-optical methods for the quantitative detection of minor species concentrations and temperature in combustion (in German)